Brian Parsons

You have two different skinks perhaps - Broad-head (bottom) and Five-line (top) - consult this reference: http://apbrwww5.apsu.edu/reptatlas/frame...

Looks like the central disk flowers of a Purple Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea

I agree that this is a Viburnum of some sort. Many of the Asian species and cultivars are early bloomers and fragrant. My best guess is that this is:
Viburnum x bodnantense 'Dawn'

Looks like a Norway Spruce grown too long in the shade

Looks more like a Serbian Spruce than a Douglas Fir to me

You can barely see the Question mark marking, but it is there in the lead image

This is not a Unicorn Clubtail - see my link:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/739......

Looks to be a Delta-spotted Spiketail (Cordulegaster diastatops) or Twin-sptted Spiketail (Cordulegaster maculata)

Fruit (hip) of some Rose (Rosa) species

spectacular dragon and macro captures - thanks of sharing

Hi - Paper Bark Birch trees have brown bark when saplings and undergo bark color changes that include the sunset tones in your images. Gray birch saplings and trees are more pure white throughout their growth stages. I would be hesitant to jump to a fungus as the cause of the bark color changes.